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[quote=Anonymous]My dad is a functioning alcoholic.  Things I remember from my childhood are not great, but I didn't think much of it at the time.  He would leave me in the car while he went into the bar to grab a beer.  Whenever he drove me anywhere there was a beer in the cup holder - two actually - one was open and one was not.  I'd still say he was a good dad though because he took me fishing and supported my decisions as I got older. 
 
The primary thing I learned from watching him is that he has absolutely no coping mechanisms at all.  He never actually dealt with anything, he just drank away whatever he was dealing with until it came back as he made his way out of a drunken stupor.  Then he did it all over again.  It's like he has no idea what to do with his emotions so he constantly tries to suppress them.  Never acknowledging that emotions are healthy, normal, real and necessary.

It matters because you don't want your kids to think this is normal behavior.  None of the things I mention above that I dealt with as a kid of an alcoholic are normal.  Normal is 2 cups of coffee by 10 AM, not beer.  [/quote]

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